Ch. 19. IV. A. 6 – 9. Jesus: “The ego’s little insane wish to get rid of Him Whom you invited into your relationship and to try to push Him out again, must produce conflict!
As you look upon the world, this little wish, now uprooted and floating aimlessly, can land and settle briefly upon anything, for it has no purpose now. Before the Holy Spirit entered to abide with you, it seemed to have a mighty purpose, which was the fixed and unchangeable dedication to see sin and its results. Now the little wish is aimless, wandering pointlessly, causing no more than tiny interruptions in love’s appeal.
This feather of a wish, this tiny illusion of separation, this microscopic remnant of the belief in sin, is all that remains of what once seemed to be the world. It is no longer an unrelenting barrier to peace. Its pointless wandering makes its results appear to be more erratic and unpredictable than before.
Yet what could be more unstable than a delusional system, no matter how tightly organized? Its seeming stability is only in its pervasive weakness, which extends to everything within it. The variability the little remnant induces merely indicates its limited results. How mighty can a little feather be before the great wings of truth? Can it oppose an eagle’s flight, or hinder the advance of summer? Can it interfere with the effects of summer’s sun upon a garden once covered by the winter’s snow?
See but how easily this little wisp is lifted up and carried away, never to return. And then part with it in gladness, not regret! For it is nothing in itself, and stood for nothing when you had greater faith in its protection.
Would you not rather greet the summer sun than fix your gaze upon a disappearing snowflake, and shiver in remembrance of the winter’s cold?”